Sweden’s Cornelia Jakobs wins OGAE Poll 2022 with “Hold Me Closer”
The annual Eurovision prediction survey ends today and we finally have a result. The winner of OGAE Poll 2022 is Sweden with Cornelia Jakobs. ”
The news comes after the votes have been counted the remaining clubs – Sweden, Northern Macedonia, Australia, Hungary, Estonia, Belgium, Lithuania, Germany’s Eurovision Song Contest Fanclub, Austria, Russia, Luxembourg, Ireland, Finland and most recently, Ukraine.
The artist behind “Hold Me Closer”, who is among the favorites to win Eurovision, received 393 votes in 43 voting clubs and gave the country its fourth OGAE Poll win.
In second place is Italy “Mahmood and Blanco”. The Italian duo, a leader for early voting, missed the victory by just 7 points. In total, Italy received 387 votes to secure the silver medal.
Spain’s Chanel rounds the podium. The artist who gets “booty hypnotic” with his hit “SloMo“Managed an impressive 294 points to give Spain the best result in the OGAE survey since its inception in 2007.
Rounding upwards are the top 5 The Netherlands’ S10 with 218 points and Britain’s Sam Ryder which received 204 votes.
Sweden wins OGAE Poll 2022
Sweden’s Cornelia Jakobs has conquered OGAE Poll 2022 and the heart of 4,438 voters after a month of excitement. In the end, and just like last year, it was an extremely close battle between Sweden and Italy. In fact, Italy led the vote almost halfway through the competition before Sweden began to receive top marks in a row. The last votes from Ukraine were decisive, as Sweden and Italy were only 5 points apart.
At the other end of the list, twelve countries finished with zero points: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bulgaria, Denmark, Georgia, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Montenegro, Northern Macedonia, San Marino and Slovenia.
Voices from OGAE clubs
Below you will find a summary of all the top ratings that countries have received during this year’s OGAE survey:
- Sweden has received sixteen sets of 12 points from OGAE’s Latvia, Spain, Israel, Denmark, Great Britain, Armenia, Poland, Iceland, Portugal, Australia, Estonia, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Luxembourg, Ireland, Finland
- Italy has received thirteen sets with 12 points from OGAE’s France, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Norway, Rest of the World, Cyprus, Malta, Netherlands, Switzerland, Germany, Sweden, Germany Eurovision Club, Austria
- Spain has received eight sets with 12 points from the OGAE’s Greece, Albania, Croatia, Turkey, Romania, Andorra, Serbia and Hungary.
- Serbia has received two sets of 12 points from OGAE’s Northern Macedonia and Russia.
- Netherlands has also received two sets of 12 points from OGAE’s Azerbaijan and Belgium.
- France has received a set of 12 points from OGAE Italy.
- Poland has received a set of 12 points from OGAE Ukraine
OGAE Poll 2022 Leaderboard – End Result
- 1. Sweden – 393 points 🏆
- 2. Italy – 387 points 🥈
- 3. Spain – 294 points 🥉
- Netherlands – 218 points
- 5. Great Britain – 204 points
- 6. France – 175 points
- 7. Poland – 144 points
- 8. Norway – 120 points
- 9. Albania – 88 points
- 10. Austria – 73 points
- 11. Ukraine – 60 points
- 12. Cyprus – 59 points
- 13. Estonia – 54 points
- 14. Serbia – 53 points
- 15. Greece – 38 points
- 16. Finland – 37 points
- 17. Czech Republic – 35 points
- 18. Australia – 16 points
- 19. Lithuania – 11 points
- 20. Portugal – 9 points
- 21. Latvia – 7 points
- 22. Moldova – 6 points
- 23. Croatia – 4 points
- 24. Belgium – 2 points
- (=) Germany – 2 points
- (=) Malta – 2 points
- (=) Romania – 2 points
- 28. Switzerland – 1 point
- 29. Armenia – 0 points
- (=) Azerbaijan – 0 points
- (=) Bulgaria – 0 points
- (=) Denmark – 0 points
- (=) Georgia – 0 points
- (=) Iceland – 0 points
- (=) Ireland – 0 points
- (=) Israel – 0 points
- (=) Montenegro – 0 points
- (=) Northern Macedonia – 0 points
- (=) San Marino – 0 points
- (=) Slovenia – 0 points
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